A Bit of Fun With Photoshop

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Alastair

I decided to use a photo of Dover Castle, cut it, save it to a transparent background and then drag and drop it onto a variety of photos. These are the results. Of course if I was any good, I could add shadings to make it look real.

THESE ARE ALL PHOTOSHOPPED

Massive bird

Storm clouds

Watchful Eye

Fire In The Sky

Night Moon

Daytime Moon

February Photo of the Month – Second Place

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Alastair

When I saw the votes for January’s photo of the month, I was a little disappointed that one of the weeks only got one vote. This is not the case for February. fourth place had nine votes with fist and second having one vote between them.

Photo of the Month
February
Second Place

Sunday Photo Fiction: A Moonlit Walk

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Alastair

Every Sunday a photo is used as a prompt to try and get the creative juices flowing to create a piece of up to about 200 words. If you want to have a go, then head here, or if you want to see what others have written, then head here.

This is part of an ongoing story called Daniel’s Legacy: Dan’s Story. You can find the complete tale at the top of the page under Fiction, or click here if you want to cheat.

Dan walked outside and glanced up at the first of the moons as it rose in the sky. He knew he had to find the killer of Dahlia’s father. He asked him to after death. It was not often the dead spoke to him, but when they did, it resulted in life changing consequences, and that terrified him now.

He looked up at the moon as the second, larger moon rose on its dark orbit, casting the first in shadows. It did not matter how many times Dan witnessed this, it still amazed him. Shaking his head, he brought himself back to the moment at hand.

His trip to the hall of records uncovered no clues, so now he needed to trawl the archives for murders like this across the planet. He started walking without thinking. The image of Dahlia’s father turning to him after death gave him nightmares, and he kept finding himself dragged back to that moment.

“Help me”

How could he? He needed some clue.

“Help me”

A Serial killer maybe as Sianne said?

“Help me”

Maybe a Vakarian framing a human?

“HelpmeHelpmeHelpmeHelpmeHelpme”

“By the Gods!” he exclaimed and stopped as he remembered the hand held something. He turned around, and a fist was the last thing he saw.

Over The Moon … So To Speak

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Alastair

I thought I would do a post on the differences that ISO makes to photos. I took the same photo several times on the same shutter speed – 1/2000 second. Then I changed the ISO for each photo coming out with a different shade each time. I then did the same with a street light. All on 1/2000 second and different ISO.